HEALTH CARE
Hospitals Add 8,000 New Jobs in September Altogether, the healthcare sector added 43,500 jobs last month–more than a third of the 114,000 jobs the U.S.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, October 10, 2012: Hospitals add 8k new jobs in Sept.; Adequate nurse staffing a universal problem »
LABOR NEWS
In California, RNs ratified a three-year contract with Mills-Peninsula Health Services, an affiliate of Sacramento-based Sutter Health.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, October 9, 2012: Study – Hospitals should heed Nurses’ perceptions on quality »
LABOR NEWS
Rich-Poor Gap Widens in United States The 1.2 million households whose incomes put them in the top 1 percent of the U.S.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, October 8, 2012: Wage Gap Widens; Union Victory for VA Nurses »
LABOR NEWS
Jobs Report: Unemployment Rate Drops to 7.8% The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 7.8 percent in September, down from 8.1 percent in July.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, October 5, 2012: Health care leads jobs growth; Menengitis outbreak »
HEALTH CARE
Presidential Debate Review On Health Care, Two Visions with Their Own Sets of Facts.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, October 4, 2012: Prime new evidence that ratios work »
LABOR
Hundreds of nurses at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital in California are on strike after negotiations over their labor contract stalled.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, Oct. 3, 2012 – CA Nurses on Strike; Banks Behaving Badly »
NOTES ON NURSING
Join nurses across the country at 2:00 p.m. TODAY (Oct. 2) as we advocate for The Robin Hood Tax at the office of Rep.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, October 2, 2012: RN on the 47%- “my patients just need help;” join the Robin Hood action today »
Join nurses across the country TOMORROW (Oct. 2) as we visit politicians to advocate for The Robin Hood Tax.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, Oct. 1, 2012 – MN Orchestra Musicians Speak Out (Video) »
… Read more about: IMPORTANT: Nurse Input Needed on Scope of Practice Issue! »
Nurses: We need your voices and input in order to help us protect our scope of practice, our patients and our profession!
LABOR
The French government presented a budget Friday that was heavy on taxes — including a controversial 75 percent income rate on high earners.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, Sept. 28, 2012 – MN Gets $42.5M for health exchange »
Please join Wellstone Action on October 10, 2012, as they honor the lives and legacy of Paul and Sheila Wellstone, Marcia Wellstone Markuson, Tom Lapic, Mary McEvoy, and Will McLaughlin.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, Sept. 27, 2012 – Hospital goes from “best staffed to worst staffed” in City »
